Youth athletes, take note. Applications for dressage and jumping athletes are now being accepted for the FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC), taking place in Traverse City, Michigan August 8–13,...
Neither Junior Ella Fruchterman and Young Rider Erin Nichols is a stranger to the FEI North American Youth Championships dressage podium. Both managed to stick the landing on Sunday, leaving them...
Sixteen-year-old William Martin (CAN) came to Traverse City, MI two weeks ago with three horses and high expectations for the FEI North American Youth Championships. Then all his plans went...
Four months ago, D'artagnan was living in a field. The 14-year-old chestnut gelding, previously campaigned by Brazilian Olympian Santiago Lambre up to the 1.50m level, hasn’t shown internationally since 2018....
If the North American Youth Championships (NAYC) was the Hunger Games, Mia Albelo would be one of the "careers." At just 17, the Zone 4 rider is uniquely well-versed in...
Only a quarter point (aka one rail) separated the Gold medal-winning Zone 7 team from the rest of the field. In the end, though, that’s all they needed. The Zone...
Less than two percentage points separated the podium in the Young Riders dressage team competition at the FEI North American Youth Championships in Traverse City, MI on Thursday. The ultra-competitive...
Knowing what to expect—and how to adapt—made all the difference for the Zone 10 rider. Watching the first rider go on Wednesday during the FEI North American Youth Championships Pre-Junior...
Lexie Kment is taking the good with the bad. Last year’s dominant dressage force at the FEI North American Youth Championships—Kment and Montagny von der Heide rode away with three...
A last-last minute bridle change helped the Zone 10 rider into the winner's circle. A bridle snafu led to a stellar result for Zone 10’s Lilah Nakatani during the first-round...
North America's best and brightest in jumping and dressage contend the FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) this week at Traverse City, MI. From Wednesday, August 10 through Sunday, August...
While the World Championships are underway in Herning, Denmark, the future world champions are gearing up to battle at the FEI North American Youth Championships in Traverse City, MI. From...
Mimi Gochman is two for two on Individual gold medal wins at the North American Youth Championships. In 2019, she made a gold-medal-winning debut in the Junior category, and in...
When it comes to winning medals, Christian Simonson is to the North American Youth Championships what Michael Phelps is to the Olympics. The 19-year-old from California now has six NAYC...
On Thursday, an emotional Lexie Kment sat in disbelief that she and her Region 4 teammates had just won the Junior team gold medal at the FEI North American Youth...
When Zayna Rizvi’s boots broke at the beginning of the North American Youth Championships, she had to borrow a pair from her trainer, Missy Clark. Now, Rizvi may never give...
The last time Christian Simonson (USA Region 7) contested the individual test at the FEI North American Youth Dressage Championships, he was disqualified. On Saturday, he and Zeaball Diawind, his...
Winning an individual gold medal at the FEI North American Youth Championships is an impressive feat accomplished only by a select few. Winning that gold medal after leading through five...
The cheers that went up as Jimena Carrillo Watanabe cleared the final fence of the Children’s Final jump-off could be heard around the Traverse City Horse Show grounds. In a...
When you make a more than 2,000-mile trip, you want to make that trip as worthwhile as possible. On Friday, that’s exactly what Erin Nichols, Miki Yang, Katherine Mathews and...
